<div dir="ltr">Dear Constance,<div>many thanks, very useful.</div><div>I see you include some eropean activities, do you want to include regional activities as well?<br>If this is the case I will be happy to provide information about Latin American and Caribbean Internet Governance activities.</div>
<div>Best</div><div>Olga</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/8/22 Constance Bommelaer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bommelaer@isoc.org" target="_blank">bommelaer@isoc.org</a>></span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">We would like to share with you
some information about key Internet governance events, and
opportunities for all our Members to participate in
important consultation processes (CSTD, WSIS, etc.) This
graphic does not intend to be exhaustive but provides a
perspective (2003-2016) on a few of these milestones that
are of interest to our community: <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/sites/default/files/ig%20milestones%20_0.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/sites/default/files/ig%20milestones%20_0.pdf</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">A diversity of input from all
stakeholders is critical and we encourage our Members to
participate to the Internet governance consultations that
are currently open (see below). We also invite you to share
your thoughts and insights on this list which will be very
useful as the Internet Society prepares its own submissions.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Our collective participation to the
Internet governance debate will help reinforce the
Multistakeholder Internet model!<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Please also note that we will
organize an <b>Internet
governance Webinar on 19 September 2013</b> (time tbc,
Webex invitation will follow) to prepare for IGF 2013 and
pursue the dialogue with our Members on the other ongoing
and upcoming Internet governance consultations and events. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">UPCOMING IG EVENTS AND
CONSULTATIONS <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">CSTD<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">The UN CSTD Working Group on
Enhanced Cooperation has issued a questionnaire soliciting
views on Enhanced Cooperation. The questionnaire is open to
any relevant stakeholder involved in Internet-related public
policy issues. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">We encourage you to provide your
own views on this important issue <b>by 31 August 2013</b>: <a href="http://unctad.org/en/Pages/cstd.aspx" target="_blank">http://unctad.org/en/Pages/cstd.aspx</a><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">ISOC Questionnaire
on Multistakeholder Participation <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">The Internet Society launched a
survey to gain greater insights into multistakeholder
governance perceptions and processes at all levels –
national, regional, and international. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">The questionnaire is open to all
interested participants and is available <b>until 30
September 2013</b><span>:
<a href="https://internetsociety2.wufoo.com/forms/internet-society/" target="_blank">https://internetsociety2.wufoo.com/forms/internet-society/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">IGF 2013<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">The IGF 2013 will be held
from 22-25 October in Bali, Indonesia. </span><span style="font-size:10pt">The overarching theme proposed by
the MAG for the 2013 IGF meeting is: "Building Bridges"-
Enhancing Multistakeholder Cooperation for Growth and
Sustainable Development".</span><span style="font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">For further Information regarding
the programme paper, the meeting or the venue, visit the
IGF's (<a href="http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/" target="_blank">http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/</a>)
and ISOC’s websites. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">The ITU World Telecommunication
Development Conference is taking place in Sharm el-Sheikh,
Egypt, from 31 March to 11 April 2014. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">The objective of WTDC-14 is to
identify priorities for the development of
telecommunications and ICTs, taking into account
contributions made by ITU Member States and Sector Members,
and to adopt the Sharm el-Sheik Action Plan (SSAP) setting
future activities of the ITU Telecommunication Development
Sector (ITU-D) over the next four years.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Six Regional Preparatory Meetings
(RPMs) are taking place in 2013 in preparation to WTDC 14.
We encourage you to take part in the relevant remaining
regional meetings if you are an ITU Sector Member of if you
have the opportunity to take part in national delegations or
other regional entities.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">More information on participation
modalities is available here: <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/development/world-telecommunication-development-conference-wtdc" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/development/world-telecommunication-development-conference-wtdc</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt">WSIS+10 Process</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">The WSIS+10 High Level Event will
be organized by the ITU on 13-17 April 2014, in Sharm
el-Sheikh, Egypt. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Following on the first phase of the
WSIS Review process initiated by UNESCO in February this
year, this extended version of the WSIS Forum will assess
progress made in the implementation of the WSIS outcomes
(2003 and 2005) related to the WSIS Action Lines, with a
view to developing proposals on a new vision beyond 2015,
potentially exploring new targets. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">The preparatory process is
comprised of an Open Consultation Process that will produce
two draft Outcome Documents: 1/ a draft WSIS+10 Statement on
the Implementation of WSIS Outcomes and 2/ a draft WSIS+10
Vision for WSIS Beyond 2015 under mandates of participating
agencies: <a href="http://www.itu.int/wsis/review/mpp/" target="_blank">http://www.itu.int/wsis/review/mpp/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Input on these two documents is
open to all WSIS stakeholders and can be provided <b>until
20 September 2013</b>.<span> </span>Proposals
on themes & innovative approaches for the event's format
are also sought by the same date. <font face="Helvetica,
Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">ISOC
will continue to be very engaged in this process going
forward and we encourage you to get involved: <a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/wsis" target="_blank">http://www.internetsociety.org/wsis</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Thank you in advance for your
contributions and suggestions. We are looking forward to
pursuing the discussion on this list and during the upcoming
Internet Governance Webinar (19 September, time tbc; Webex
invitation will follow). <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:10pt">Best regards,<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></span></font></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">
<pre cols="72"><big><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><small><big>--
Constance Bommelaer
Senior Director, Global Policy Partnerships
The Internet Society
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